New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12
NOTES FROM LONDON.
gyDE PARK PICNIC-PICTUREsA AND WINIe
PARIS TRAVEL BUFFALO BILL

HYDE PARK PICNlC-rlOl OnEo
PARIS TRAVEL BUFFALO BILL
.ao,, raK REGULAR coR,,EsPoSpESr OF The rhbofhH
tSHo" i'A "' LONDON. May rs.
The Do;ry telegraph fund for Hyde Park picnic
aoe, not catch on with the public Pardon inc
usa If tbe phrase catch on" It's, presume
sIany and is most in vogue, perhaps with persons
of the theatrical profession Thence IL spre"uS' -
often happens in thee DAYS OF mixed sooie'S' "
the more fashionable world; II there 10 nv
fashionable world and the phrases oi '"o
liabts are lsped by lips whose color owes ho'nins
60 ,ha resonrces Of art If anybody objects to such
Language | will say that the general puoi'o w.
M, vet seem disposed to part with much OF its
,nonev for Mr.. Lawsons pretty and kindly scheme
His paper makes the most Of such subscriptions
s II pets but trey are neither Numerous DOR larso'
Mr. Leopold de ROthschild and Mr. AureG-ho -
often spoken of without his surname auo o,eaS
BODY knows who Is meant-have gwen eaon So
They are the only considerable sums except 'ne
splendid $1,000 of tho Lawsons themselves
no case however, will the children lose '"c'i ".
ing or have to 20 home without their Hioino '
mnas of DoutOn ware. MT. Lawson ooi
;noIndes three of the richest dukes in England
they of Westminster, of Bedford, and oil fortianu
and the son Lord Harting tonl OF aiourth, wao
IA "a GOOD n millionaire as any OF them. III ID
c,udes Lord Salisbury and Lord Derby, Lord fno
and Lord Rosoberv, Lord Rothschild and Mr. W.
IT, Smith; all of whom may be reckoned aihons
the monsyed maguates of Eng Any one oi
them. no donbt, will gladly give whaie'o'
wanted, should the public persist In hanging ps'A
,rh. cher ra,srs for some reason inscrutable TO
ths onionrnallstic mlnd give very cordial help
tn the scheme of their esteemed contemporary.
:. Who really bought the great Gainstorousn 'a'c'
lylold at Christie's' believe l am responsoie
for saving Il was Sir Charles Tenant. MY author
ity WAS excellent, but | have a better Tor contra
dieting il, Sir Charles himself. He already pos.
.oasss Gain,borough-more than one. but ole at
less of finer quality than that whlch MeSsi"
Christie DISPOSED of by auction for not mucn io''
than $4,000. Then l. was said that MI Asno"
bought this Graham Gainsborcugh against MI
Alfred de Roihschild's bid, and afterward sold H.
as his manner often is. to that distinguished COM
petitor; at not inconsiderable advance in price
pr, This .torv again Is denied by Mr.. Alfred de
Rothschild. Finally, have heard that Messrs. Ag-
nav ware the agents for collector in the provinces
and that this unnamed provincial Is the real pos
sessor of the pic,nre. He, Ii seems, relishes not
the kind of fame which comes from the bnying ana
the owning of great works of art-not pau sor' VI
fame either. However do not vouch Tor tnls any
more than for any of the other reports Inc actoa'
nwrershin even of a remarkable Gainsborough may
for the present remain mystery. and tho world DO
no. very much the worse for its Ignorance.
A not less interesting question might De askeu
with respect 10 the sale of the late Mr.. Cosiers
wines Who Is the man who paid eight hundfeu
shillings a dozen for magnums OF Perrier Joues
champagne of 1874, reserve cuveef No donot IL is
n fine wine and al champagnes OF the 1919 viht-
age-inclndng those from grapes thai nave
blossomed and ripened long after that famous year
are Of remarkable quality. But no champ agne
MILO Z Ia mr.
dozen for ordinary bottles, and London wine
msrcbant who should ask that sum TO any cham
magma in hi. cellars would be understood TO prefer
that IL should remain In his cellars Champagne Is
NOW the fashionable wine in London and 1874 Is
The fashionable vintage. The difficulty Is that
most of the '7fs long since drunk, but the de-
mand for 74s continues and so the Dealers true TO
.ho doctrines of that political economy which hnds
favor here. supply it. How they supply it, or what
they supply under that name is apother matter.
The wine in Mr.. Coser's cellars vas doubtless
genuine. and old landed" as the wine merchants
phrase is His carets, however sold for oompar-
atively moderate prices. Chateau Lahte OF loof,
rsrtainly the best bordeaux now extant attained
RI brt $50 shillings per dozen, or $45. That lie
wine which no Parisan.restauran. keeper with q
nroper re.pec: for himself and his fluids has Tor
.ome wears quoted on his wine list at less than ~
francs a bottle. always with the seal of the
cbateau But In London cigarettes have come IN
and claret has gone out The very men VINO useo 70
tarry long over the wine after the ladies' had leu
the table are now keen for tobacco and want IL at
pnee Few hosts care to give costly claret when
few of their guests really care for it. and when so
many are impatient If any time Is cut TO waste oe-
fore cigarettes and coffee are brought In Clarei
drinkers know that smoke Is fatal to the favor OF
GOOD Bordeaux-a Whit from another mans ci
gazette spJs 1t just as 50 rely as II the or nker
nerish the thought-wers himself smoking. Thi:
change in after-dnner customs Is not more than
ten years old, but it has produced its effect Wine
merchants find that there is little demand for the
higher grades of clarets. People prefer to spenc
thsir money for champagne to be drunk during
dinner: after dinner also, very often. There are
of course houses where Latte of '64 and Marga7x
of 4s are still to be had. But they are the excep
tons lust as houses where cigarettes were allowed
in the dining-roo were, ton years ago the excep
t,on The change is one in the direction OF temper
ance and nobody is the worse but much the be'te
for drinking mono of those expensive bat loadet
claiets which 30 many Englshmen nursed on por
preferred to purer vintagesI
Nv last paragraph about billiards met with th
fate of Others. What tried to say among othe
ponts of useful inform alton was that English bill
lard balls are two and one-sixteenth inches II
diameter, not two and threeeighths as printed NJ
doubt by NY fault
The $4,000 Americans who are coming over her
this summer will find It now possible to get from
London to Paris with comparative comfort ant
speed. say $4,000 because this is the pumee
which those having, processing to nave
authority on this subject announce as the minimum
for the year. The days when you had to get up b
starlight OF as an alternative. travel by starlgh
20 Paris are over. There are now two pretty goo
services; via Folkestone at $40 m. or via Dove
at IL q. IN. The last is the newest and. ON tn
whole, the best. The London, Chatham and Dove
Railway Company have the two fastest steamer
On the Channel the Iavicta and the new victoria